The enduring cycle of poverty is both literal and a metaphor. Statistically, children who are born into poverty will remain in poverty throughout their lifetimes. Cedric Jennings is the exception to the rule, and demonstrates, through the biographical account in A Hope in the Unseen, how difficult it is to break this cycle. The motivation, the steadfastness, the tenacity, and the hard work are what has set Cedric above the rule, but the reality is that children born into poverty and its culture have an almost impossible task of overcoming their social and economic "roots" and developing the personal qualities that will allow them to cross the barriers and arrive into the American middle class.
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